Man arrested over on-line racist abuse of England gamers after Euro 2020 closing loss

A person has been arrested after racist messages geared toward England gamers had been posted on social media following the European Championship closing, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) stated on Wednesday.
A 37-year-old man from Ashton upon Mersey in Trafford, Greater Manchester, handed himself in to police on Wednesday morning.
He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of inflicting an offence underneath Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act and stays in custody for questioning, GMP stated.
The social media submit was despatched on Sunday night, after England’s defeat by Italy within the Euro closing, and was flagged to GMP.
Detective Inspector Matt Gregory of GMP’s Trafford division stated: “The actions of a small number of people overshadowed what was a hugely unifying event for our country on Sunday evening.”
We are agency in our dedication, any racist abuse whether or not on-line or off shouldn’t be acceptable.
“We now have one man in custody and our investigation continues.”
England gamers Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka had been focused with racist abuse on-line after lacking penalties in Sunday’s shootout defeat at Wembley.
Wednesday’s arrest by GMP got here after West Mercia Police investigating a racist tweet geared toward Rashford arrested and launched a 50-year-old man.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Wednesday that social media corporations will face fines amounting to 10% of their world income in the event that they fail to take away racist abuse from their platforms.